What is GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm?

GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. OpenClaw: resolvedAuth closure becomes stale after config reload

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm cover?

GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-41916. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm?

GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm affects 1 product, including: npm/openclaw:\u003c 2026.4.8.

GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mmMedium

OpenClaw: resolvedAuth closure becomes stale after config reload

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

April 9, 2026

Last Modified

April 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-41916 →

📋 Description

Impact

resolvedAuth closure becomes stale after config reload.

After a config reload, newly accepted gateway connections could continue using stale resolved auth state.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: <= 2026.4.1
Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @kexinoh of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/openclaw:< 2026.4.8